Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-10
xUrr sAUnY and rnB spEnR1rs


Uncle Ramus, WARS Sohn and ihe
Prohibition Law.
Atlanta Constitution
One Of Uncle Remus' friends met him
ON the street the other day. The old
mans face wore troubled expression IS
he paused 10 return the greeting.
II tell you what, boss" he exclaimed,
81 amt feelin so mighty tollerbui well.
I'm got a, hurtin' in my knee Jints, en-
I'm got stiffness 'mongst my shoulder
blades. You amt seen Mars John, is you,
boss?"
"No, I haven't seen him. Don't you
know where his office is?n
Mot 'zackly, sab. He done move he
office fun whar he bin had IL. Miss Sally
abe gun me de wharbouts or de place, but
done tergitted it out'n my min. Yit Of
amt fne Mars John, en- dat mighty
| quick, dsyer gwine ter be trouble dar
whar he live at"
"What is the metterY"
'.Nothin' tall De matter rightly II, but
| dey gwine ter be trouble Of ! AMT tine
Mars John, ksze Miss Sally, she low dey
q sine to have COMP my to dinner, en- she
say she bleeze ter have some sperrits fer
| ter put in de fixin's. Dat de way Miss
Sally put It down. She low dat it don't
make no difference Of faint nobody
comm but der po' kin, dey got ter have
some fixin's, en- de fixin's got ter have
some sperrits in UNI. Dat what she tell
me ter tell Mars John, en- at what I'm a
gwine ter tell time lay eyes on mn"
"Why, thought" said the gentleman
who had stopped Uncle Remus, "that
your Mars John laid in good supply of
liquors when prohibition went into
effect.n
"Dat zackly what he done, boss" said
the old man, Frightening up little. "He
fotoh whole passed. or bottles out home,
en- Miss Sally, she put um up. Whar dey
gone at I'll never tell you; speck me
and Mars John done drunk um up, kazo
Of don't git no dram in de mornin' 1t
makes me feel mighty lonesome all day
long. Miss Sally done tell Mars John
dat he better drap dish yer probation, en-
now it done got to whar dey gwine be
trouble. Oar de law, en- dar Mars John,
en- dar Miss Sally, en- yer ole man Remus.
Oar we all is, en- of Mars John don't get
dem sperrits, l lots rather it nd be him
| dan me-"
The gentleman who had stopped Uncle
Remus was proceeding on his way when
the old man stopped him.
Boss" he said, "sposen I find Mari
John, how he gwine git dem sperritsi
Amt dis yer pobation law gwine onf"
'Yes," said the gentleman, ''the pro
hibition law is in operation, and if YOU
Mars John wants whisky, he will have
to send to Griffin for It"
swell, de name or de Lord |" exclaimed
Uncle Remus. 81 gwine tell Mars JOIN
he better go outer town, en- wait twel
Miss Sally sorter cool down. She wan
dat dram right now, en- IL dey gotter sen
down ter Griffin after il, she amt gwin
git right now. Pm mighty glad tain
me-dat is"
The gentleman and Uncle Remus wen
their several ways, but it CHANGED tina
they met again about an hour afterwards
The old negro was laughing and talkin
to himself, and appeared to be immensel
pleased over something or other.
"You seem to be happy" said the gen
tleman.
"Bless yo' soul, honey Look lax III
de luokiest niger dat ever bin ennywha
fer ter buy catfish on credit; is dat |!
"Did you find your Mars John"
| "Shoo he was de fus' man what
struck up wild, en- wen tell i'm we
Miss Sally say, he low he speck he
halter sem down to Griffin en- git it. Wei
sir, dat make me sorter weak in de back, kaz
> I know Miss Sally ain't gwine stand de
( | kinder foolin'. Yet Mars John he low
, | Come on en- wild dat I went wild lin
: Den he tuck'n went in one er dem ar stt
places, en- he writ letter down te
Griffin akin um fer ter sem in gallon g
dram des soon ez dey kin, kaze he blee2
d ter have it right den. De man he tue
: the letter en- de muney, en- he low
r They'll be long terrectly,' en- den MAJ
: John he say: 'Remus, you go git y,
8 Miss Sally some cranberries en- some celer
i an den come back yer after de dram.
4 "And did you get if? 2"
r "Look in dis basket at dem bottles
j, boss. Deyer all full but enc I'M EN-, g
& Mars John he open dat un en- gun me IN
Q dram. Dat wat make / say wat does,
J. said Uncle Remus, scratching his heat
|, "Deze yer trains is gittin faster I,
v faster. Las year dey useter 60 to Grifi
Il in about two hours, but now dey goes DE-
= en- back in about ten minutes. Well, sill
/. you kin laugh" the old man continued
q shut I'm tellin' you de Lords truf,
T. De train what brung Mars John dat drai
b went to Griffin en- back fo' kin walk tW
" blocks, en- of dey wuz eny hot-box On,
II where's 'roun, ] amt never is smell i
II DEFY may fetch me dram but amt gwiI
IS to ride on am wen dey rush roam D.
+ away"
Whereupon the old man trudged hon
with his basket.